uhohprotege
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- 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege #1148
Update*
**I forgot to update the post after the rebuild haha, So here are the rest of the pics.
*I got the car back a month ago and it runs amazing. Getting a tune and will be pushing around 12psi around summer.
Couldnt get too many pics, this was happening during school :/
So after months of finally getting tired of this oil leak, and having horrible oil blow by, I went to Tri-point to see what was wrong. They did a leak down test and told me one of my cylinders went bad. So I went to my mechanic and we decided to do a engine rebuild. I decided to go forged and bought the kit similar to the one crossover offers.
Here's what the kit looks like:
Wiseco forged pistons
K1 H-beam rods
Cometic MLS head gasket
ARP main and head studs
Clevite engine bearing set
OEM Mazda engine gaskets, oil seals, o-rings, oil pump, water pump etc.
Also a .020 overbore was needed for the new pistons.
Turns out the car over boosted and caused detonation on the first cylinder by a cheap boost controller the previous msp owner put on that I didn't even know about. This is what he found while taking out the piston from cylinder one. The piston broke in two places and pieces came off.
New Pistons Wiseco Forged
Balanced and polished crank
Finished
Along with the rebuild, Im getting my calipers painted yellow, removing that black mark on the rear bumper, replacing motor mounts, and fixing my trunk which refuses to open anymore.
**I forgot to update the post after the rebuild haha, So here are the rest of the pics.
*I got the car back a month ago and it runs amazing. Getting a tune and will be pushing around 12psi around summer.
Couldnt get too many pics, this was happening during school :/
So after months of finally getting tired of this oil leak, and having horrible oil blow by, I went to Tri-point to see what was wrong. They did a leak down test and told me one of my cylinders went bad. So I went to my mechanic and we decided to do a engine rebuild. I decided to go forged and bought the kit similar to the one crossover offers.
Here's what the kit looks like:
Wiseco forged pistons
K1 H-beam rods
Cometic MLS head gasket
ARP main and head studs
Clevite engine bearing set
OEM Mazda engine gaskets, oil seals, o-rings, oil pump, water pump etc.
Also a .020 overbore was needed for the new pistons.
Turns out the car over boosted and caused detonation on the first cylinder by a cheap boost controller the previous msp owner put on that I didn't even know about. This is what he found while taking out the piston from cylinder one. The piston broke in two places and pieces came off.
New Pistons Wiseco Forged
Balanced and polished crank
Finished
Along with the rebuild, Im getting my calipers painted yellow, removing that black mark on the rear bumper, replacing motor mounts, and fixing my trunk which refuses to open anymore.
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